Privacy Policy

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WICH PERSONAL DATA DOES ESMA VZW PROCESS?

ESMA vzw is pleased by your visit to our website. We only process the data which you make available to us. We put great emphasis on the protection of your personal data. In this policy we clearly inform you how and to what purpose your data is being saved and used.

Here you find an overview of all the personal data which ESMA vzw processes:

- First name and family name

- Address details

- Telephone number(s)

- E-mail address

- IP-address

- Other personal data which you actively communicated to ESMA vzw, orally or in writing (for instance by creating your profile on this website, in correspondence and/or by telephone)

- Location

- Data about your activities on our website

- Data about your internet surfing patterns across different websites

- Internet browser and device type

Special and/or sensitive personal data which ESMA vzw processes

ESMA vzw processes no special and/or sensitive personal data. Our website and/or service does not intend to collect data of visitors of our website who are under 16 years old unless they have the consent of parents or their guardian. However, we cannot check if a visitor of our website is older than 16 years old. We always advice parents to be involved with the online activities of their children in order to prevent the collection of data about their children without parental consent. If you are convinced that we have gathered personal data about a minor without consent, please contact us via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so we can remove this data.

WITH WHICH PURPOSE AND ON WHICH BASIS DOES ESMA VZW PROCESS PERSONAL DATA?

Based on your consent or justified interest, ESMA vzw processes your personal data for the following purposes:

- Processing your payment;

- Sending our newsletter and/or other advertising materials;

- Calling or e-mailing you if this is necessary to be able to inform you about our activities and events;

- Informing you about changes of our services and products;

- Offering you the possibility to create an account;

- Delivering you our services;

- ESMA analyses your internet surfing patterns on our website in order to improve it and in order to align our offer of services with your preferences.

AUTOMATISATION OF OUR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

ESMA vzw does not make decisions based on automated processes (decisions made by computer programs without the interference of a human being).

HOW LONG DOES ESMA VZW KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

ESMA vzw does not save your personal data longer than strictly necessary. Your data is saved for a maximum period of four years in order to be used for the purposes explained above.

DOES ESMA VZW SHARE PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES?

ESMA vzw shares your personal data with third parties if this is strictly necessary to execute the agreement and to fulfill a legal obligation. If ESMA vzw collaborates with firms which need to process your data commissioned by ESMA vzw, ESMA vzw enters into a data processing agreement with those firms to guarantee the same level of security and confidentiality of your data. ESMA vzw is the main responsible organisation which processes your data. ESMA vzw shares the categories of data as mentioned in paragraph 2. above with the following third parties:

- Accounting firms

- Event co-organisers

- Event app providers

COOKIES OR SIMILAR TECHNIQUES ESMA VZW USES

ESMA vzw uses functional, analytical and tracking cookies. A cookie is a piece of data stored in the browser of your computer, tablet or smartphone when you visit our website for the first time. ESMA vzw uses cookies with a pure technical functionality. These cookies ensure the proper functionality of the website, they save your preferences and optimise your website experience. In addition, we install cookies which collect information about your internet surfing patterns, so we can offer you personalized content and advertisements. At your first visit to our website, we have already informed you about these cookies and we have asked your consent in order to install them on your computer. You can decline the use of cookies by changing the settings of your internet browser, so no cookies will be installed. You can also remove all the information that was already previously stored on your computer. More information can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm

Cookies are also placed on the ESMA vzw website(s) by third parties. These are web analytics services and social media firms such as Facebook, Google+, Google Analytics, LinkedIn, Twitter.

INSPECT, MODIFY OR DELETE YOUR DATA

You have the right to inspect, modify or delete your personal data. In addition, you also have the right to withdraw your consent to ESMA vzw to process your data or to object to it. Furthermore, you have the right to data portability. This means that you can hand in a request in order to send the computer file with the personal data ESMA vzw disposes of to yourself or another organisation indicated by you. You can send a request for inspection, modification, removal or transfer of your personal data or a request to withdraw your consent or refusal to process your personal data to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In order to be sure that the request to inspect your data comes from you, we ask you to send a copy of your identity card together with your request. Please cover on the copy the following data: the MRZ (machine readable zone, the area with numbers) and the number of your identity card. This is in order to protect your privacy. We will react as soon as possible and no longer than after four weeks.

HOW DO WE SECURE PERSONAL DATA?

The protection of your personal data is something that ESMA vzw takes very seriously. We take measures in order to prevent abuse, loss, unauthorised access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorised changes of data. If you have the impression that your personal data are not well secured or if there are a certain number of indications of abuse, please contact us via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the ESMA vzw website after any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. If we make any changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by placing a notice on our website.